Cable gripping and stretching device.



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. eral l UNITED STATES @PATENT OFFICE IvEn. B. SEGEEDAHL, or rRrNEviLLE, onEeoN, .ANDeUs'rAE ALFRED sE'eEitDirHL,v l

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CABLE YcrnIrrINe AND s'rEE'r'oI-II'NG DEVICE.

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' Application filed November 15, 1916. Serial No. 131,363.

To aZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we7 IvER B. SEGERDAHL, and GUsTAr A. SEG'ERDAHL, citizens of they United States, residing atPrineville, in the county of Crook and State of Oregon, and at Milwaukee, in the countyV of Milwaukee and State of l/Visconsin, respectively, Vhave invented certain new and -useful AImprovements in Cable Gripping and Stretching of which the. following is a specification, reference being had vto the accompanying drawing, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates more particularly to gripping or clamping devices known as come-alongs for stretching, holding and f fastening elevated cables or wires known. as messenger cables or wires, for suspend. ingheavy telephone and telegraph cables or: the like. c v

-Its main objects are to facilitate stretching and; holding such lcables or wirespreparatory to'fastening or dead-ending the same; to avoid the danger to linemen. incident to these operations when performed according to the usual methods and by the means commonly .employed therefor; and generally to improve the construction and operation of devices of thisclass. .Y It consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of parts as hereinafter particularly described and pointed out in the claims.. i i

In the accompanying drawinglike characters designate the same parts in the/sevgures. Y Figure 1 is a general view on av small scale showing in side elevation a device embodying the invention as applied to a `messenger wire or cable in connection with a tacklefor stretching the wire orcable and draft lines for separating the jaws andV plac-. ing the device in position on and removing it .from the wire or cable; Fig. 2 is an enlargedfront elevation of the gripping device; Fig. 3 is a rear kelevation thereof; and Fig. 4 is a vertical crosssection ontheline 4--4^,3Figs. 2 and 3. p g

The grippingfand stretchingdevice con-VY stituting thepresent invention comprises a frame Vplate a, provided. on one side ,along or'adjace'nt to its upperedgelwith a fixed longitudinal jaw '6, having a-concave or grooved gripping. face;k on its under side overhanging the' plate. A movable `jaw c, having alike or similar'concave or grooved.;

gripping face, is mounted on saidfplate below and parallel withthe fixed jawl).` The l movable jaw is'provided with studsd, projecting from ythe back side thereof through slots@ in the plate and connected by obliquely disposed' guiding 1 and supporting links with the back side of said plate adjacent to its-upper' edge bypivot bolts or pins g, as shown in Figs. 3 and4. v

The movable jaw isforrned or provided on the lower side opposite its-concave gripping face, with vbearings Z1., preferably disposed obliquely tothe gripping face of the jaw, as shown inF ig. 2.- One or more. of

these bearings are toothed to-engage with eccentrics, as hereinafter explained. As.

shown, all of the bearings are formed with teeth.. Eccentrics z', -mountedon `the. front side of the plate a below the jaw 0,.are.piv-

otally connected with'the'plateby'bolts or pins j, Aso as to engage at their peripheries with the bearingsv L, `one or more of the eccentricsbeing formedwith teeth. The eccentrics are formed or Vprovided with de-lV i y so pending arms le.

On the opposite or back side of the plate a` levers Z arefulcrumed on the bolts or vpins j. y At their upper ends theseA levers are connected byv links m with the studs al of the movable jaw 0. At their lower ends,

which are parallelr with one another, theY arms cand levers Z are connected by a draw bar n, which is inserted between andy pivotally connected with said varms andilevers by bolts or pins o At one end the bar n isconnected by links p withI a bolt or pin q,

which is guided in a longitudinally slotted extension r of the plate a. `A loop or `clevis .8, pivotally connectedwiththe links p bythe bolt or pin g constitutes a draft connection or coupling for a tackle t, by which themovable jaw of the gripping device is forced towardL the fixedV jaw and the cable isy stretched,ras illustrated inFig'.1.. y

A spring. u, which may beY connected at one end with the frame plate a and at the. l other end-withy the ,drawl bar rn, tends to'V shift the draw barrelative to the frame l Y plate and tov swing ythe eccentricarm's k :andl the levers Z' inf the direction required:y tomoveV the jawk 0 toward the vjaw b and :to pro-- ducean initial grip on'the cable v `between thejaws. t g f '1 For4 separating the jaws of ythezgrippug device and for adjusting the device to the desired position 01.1 a Cable 0r .Wire t0 be stretched, and removing the device therefrom after the cable or wire has been stretched, the frame plate is provided at one end with a loop or 'clevis fw', and the draw bar nis provided at the opposite end with a loop or clevis m, for the attachment of ropes or draw lines y and e, as shown in Fig. l.

To confine a cableA o, particularly one of large size, in place between the .jaws Z2 and 0 when they are separated and the gripping device is shifted thereon for adjustingit to the desired position -or removing it, keepers 2 are fastened by thumb screws `3 or other suitable means, to the plate a or one of the jaws, as the jaw Z2, so as to project across the opening between the jaws, as shown by full lines in Figs. 2 and. e, or to be turned up as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, into position to permit the removal of the gripping device laterally from the cable. The double operating connections between the movable jaw c anddraw bar n, comprising the eccentrics t' with their arms ic and the levers Z with the links m, located on opposite sides ofthe frame plate a, as shown and described, produce `a powerful grip yon'the cable or wire t to be stretched and held while the free or slack end thereof is fastened, the grip increasing with the increased .pull of the tackle t on the draw bar. Such .double .connections also distribute the draft exerted by the tackle on the movable jawc in the operation of the device, preventing-it and the eccentrics and levers from cramping and binding.l v

For stretching` an elevated Acable or wire e, strung on poles or other supports, as shown in Fig. l, the gripping device is placed on thev cable or wire by the lineman and then shifted and adjusted thereon tothe desired position by manipulation of the ropes or draw lines y and e, one held by the lineman on the post or other support, and the other by a helper on the ground. The draw lines y and e being released, the spring u closes the movable. jaw 0 against the under side of thecable o, producing an initial grip thereon. The running .block of the tacklezt being hooked into the clevis s, andthe standing block being fastened to the pole or other support on which the cable u is strung, the

gripping device is drawn toward said pole or support by pulling on the tackle rope from the ground or other convenientlocatin, until the cable or wire is sufficiently stretched. The free. or slack end of the cable is then fastened to the pole or other support by the lineman while it is held taut. vThe jaws b ando are 'then separated by pulling in opposite directions on the lines y and e, thereby releasing their grip on the cable and permitting the device to be drawn by the line y into the reach of the lineman, who can then easily and safely remove it from the cable o without leaving his position onthepole or other support.

By the term cable as herein employed it is intended to include any kind of rope, wire or chain which it may be desiredto stretch and hold taut for any purpose, such as dead-ending i or permanently fastening to a pole or other support.

Various changes in the details of const-ruction and arrangement of parts of the device may be made without departing from the principleand .scope of the invention as delined in the following claims.

We claim:

l. ln a cable gripping and stretching def vice the combination of a .frame plate pro. vided with a longitudinal jaw, a jaw guide and movable on said plate toward and from and parallel with the Aother aw and pro# vided on the side opposite its gripping face with a rack, a toothed eccentric piveted on one side of said frame platein engagement with said rack. and provided with an arm, a lever fulcrumedvon the other side of the frame-plate and connected by a link with the movable -j aw, and a draw bar connected with said arm and lever. l

2. ln a cable grippingand stretching 4device the combination ofa' frame plate provided with a fixed longitudinal jaw a fja'w guided and. movable on said plate toward and from 'the iiXed jaw, eccentrics` pivoted on said plate 1n engagement with said I'movable jaw on the side opposite its grippingV face, one of said eccentrics` and the movable jaw having interengaging teeth, links con-. necting the movable jaw with the plate, leversfulcrumed to said .plate and connected by links with.,the"1novable j awron the. opposite side of the plate from the -eccent-ries,

and a draw bar connectedwith said arms and levers.

3. ln a cable gripping and stretching device the combination of a frame plate provided with a fixed klongitudinal jaw,` a mov-V able .jaw `mounted on one side'of said plate parallel with the Xed aw `and having bear ings opposite and oblique to `its gripping face, links connecting the movable. jaw with the opposite side of said plate, eccentrics mounted on said plate in engagement with said bearingsy and provided with zarms, one

of the eccentricsand its bearing 'having in-- terenga-ging teeth, levers fulcrumed on the.

opposite side of said plate and connected by links with the movable aw, and a draw bar connected. with said arms andlevers.

.4. In acable gripping and stretchingzde-` vice `ythe combination of frameplate :pro-

vided ywith `a 'fixed longitudinal aw, 'a jaw guided and movable on said fp'late .toward and from and fparallel vwith .the fiXedsja-w, eccentricsmounted on one side offsaidiplate in engagement with the movable jaw and provided with arms, levers fulcrumed on the other side of said plate and connected by links with the movable jaw, a draw bar connected with said arms and links, a draft member guided on and movable lengthwise of said plate and a link connecting the draft member with the draw bar.

5. In a cable gripping and stretching device the combination of a frame. plate provided with a fixed longitudinal jaw and adjacent to one end with a draft connection, a jaw guided and movable on said plate toward and from the xed jaw, eccentrics mounted on one side of said plate in engagement with the movable jaw, levers fulcrumed on the other side of said plate and connected by links with the movable jaw, and a draw bar connected with said eccentrics and levers and provided at opposite ends with draft connections.

6. In a cable gripping and stretching device the combination of a frame plate provided with a fixed longitudinal jaw and ad- L jacent to one end with a draft connection,

said plate toa jaw guided and movable on parallel thereward and from the fixed jaw with, eccentrics mounted on one side of said plate in engagement with the movable jaw, levers fulcrumed on the other side of said plate and connected by links with the movable jaw, a spring tending to shift the vmovable jaw toward the fixed jaw, and a draw bar connected with'said eccentr'cs and levers and provided at opposite ends with draft connections.

7. In a cable gripping and stretching device the combination of a frame plate provided along the upperside with an overhanging fixed longitudinal jaw, a jaw guided and movable on'said plate toward and from the fixed jaw parallel therewith, a clear space being left on one side of the device to receive the cable between the jaws when they are separated, keepers fastened to one of the jaws and adjustable into and out of position across the space between them for confining the cable between the gripping 'faces of the jaws, eccentrics mounted on one side of the plate in engagement with the movable jaw,

levers mounted on the opposite side of the plate and connected by links with the movable jaw, and a draw bar connected with the eccentrics and levers.

IVER B. SEGERDAHL.

GUS'IAF ALFRED SEGERDAHL.

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Washington, D. C. 

